Customer Reviews

Axl Rose Returns

by
Use Your Illusion

Unstoppable. No doubt not the way Axl wanted it done, Chinese Democracy is finally here - and it's good. Axl's opus is breath taking in its scale, gorgeous, soaring ballads (Street of Dreams) and rockers that tear your head off (Chinese Democracy). This isn't the 80's, man, this is the 21st century and this is your new Guns N' Roses. It may be the Axl Rose show, but it's still the best one in town. Buy it, now.

We waited more than 10 years for this?

by
nattyb1974

No really, where's the world's greatest rock album? Too little, too late I'm afraid Mr Rose. If this was the "new direction" being sought, no wonder the rest of the band left. There's not an original concept to be found. So wanted it to be good, but clearly misplaced my faith. RIP GN'R.

17 years late, but sounds like it arrived just on time...

by
iPhone Inquisitor

Chinese Democracy is finally here, and while it took 17 years to complete, it points towards the future of Rock and Roll. Ever since the grunge era the words "well produced" have been synonymous with “not good” in Rock.
While R&B continues to pump out master producers like Timbaland and Kanye, Rock has been a wasteland of “stripped” and “bare” acts and recordings.
This album throws that attitude away, and Axl has meticulously layered and produced each track in a way that hasn’t been seen since the days of Queen.
If you want to truly understand why this is one of the best albums of the year, invest in a decent set of headphones and listen to each track a few times.
For the record this is the first Guns and Roses album I've purchased, and before Death Magnetic I honestly thought rock was due to fade away for ever. This year I have been given hope this is not the case.
A masterpiece. 5/5

Biography

Formed: 1985 in Los Angeles, CA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

At a time when pop was dominated by dance music and pop-metal, Guns N' Roses brought raw, ugly rock & roll crashing back into the charts. They were not nice boys; nice boys don't play rock & roll. They were ugly, misogynistic, and violent; they were also funny, vulnerable, and occasionally sensitive, as their breakthrough hit, "Sweet Child O' Mine," showed. While Slash and Izzy Stradlin ferociously spit out dueling guitar riffs worthy of Aerosmith or the Stones, Axl Rose screeched out his...